Hands off. This could go no further. What was he doing, trying to play this game? He'd already forgotten how. So close... no, no. This couldn't end well--see what had happened to Ain, and Jane. Jane.
The blue eyes were out of focus, but they clouded over as he hid them in a puzzled flicker of thought. "Of course." The pressure lightened, then came away, leaving a ghostly absence of possession where his fingers had pressed against her skin. Daniel's turn to draw back, but with a tangible sense of finality, as if he did not hear the air humming.